Transforaminal epidural blood patch

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 579-582

  Weil, Lawrence ^a   Gracer, Richard I ^b   Frauwirth, Neal ^a  

^a Integrated Pain Management   (United States)

^b Gracer Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood patch; Epidural; Spinal headache; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; RADICULAR PAIN; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547841295     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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